MCAT - Organic Chemistry - Nomenclature

Dehydration: dicarboxylic acid chain

cyclic anhydride

Naming anhydrides: ethanoic anhydride or diethanoic anhydride

ethanoic anhydride

When naming unsymmetrical hydrocarbon anhydrides; priority given to _________ (alphabetic/size) order.

alphabetic; ethanoic propanoic anhydride

Acetic anhydride

Common name: ethanoic anhydride

acetic anhydride

succinic anhydride

closed" acetic anhydride

When naming
after
isolating highest priority group; and assigning carbon number to each substituent; the order priority of substituents is _________ (alphabetic/oxidation state).

alphabetic; 3-methyl-2-oxopentanoic acid

Functional group priority

anhydrides 2nd
Lowest: ether > alkyl halide > nitro

Imine

Imide

Phenyl; benzyl; phenol; benzene

Isoamyl

-CH2-CH2-CH-(CH3CH3)

Amyl

pentyl

Allotropes

Acetate

Acetyl CoA

Acyl CoA

Acyl

Acetyl

Acetoacetate

Urea

Aldaric Acid

Quaternary Carbon

[Solvent Layer] [Aqueous Layer] and determination which is the [Organic Layer]

Solvent = Other
Aqueous = where "water"
Organic = where (x compound) soluble; (polar/non-polar)

Protic vs. aprotic solvent

Protic = (-OH); (-NH)
CAN
H-bond
Aprotic = can
NOT
H-bond*

Amphiprotic

- Substance that can gain/lose protons

Heterocyclic

Homocyclic

Dehydration: 2 carboxylic acids >>> __________ + ______

anhydride + H2O